Oh, Squatty Potty...How I Adore You
I participated in the Reddit Secret Santa gift exchange this past Christmas season and was matched with a woman in western Massachussets who was a foodie/cook. I bought her the Flavor Bible based on her profile. My Secret Santa had sent me a note before Christmas saying that my gift was delayed because it was on backorder. I waited and waited and waited. In fact, Reddit bugged me to mark my gift as 'not received' because I think they wanted to close down the exchange and re-match folks. But...my Santa was persistent. At first, I thought I was getting scammed. That...this dude was just emailing me to cover his rear in the Reddit system but that I was going to get shut out. But...what was in it for him? He could have just used (as I did) a throw-away account and moved on. He emailed me a few times saying that things were on their way and then last week, he finally delivered a UPS tracking number. So...he was legit. My Secret Santa gift was on the way. When it